Category: essays
Reflections on an Anniversary
Jun 5, 2019 | creative, essays, family and loss
Unbelieving
Sep 28, 2017 | creative, essays, politics and religion
The State of the State
Jul 1, 2019 | blog, politics and religion
Finding a little relief in the Democratic primary and the Supreme Court.
Read MoreSome Random Thoughts at the Beginning of 2019
Hopes – not resolutions – for a quieter, happier year.
Read MoreDriving the Future
The experience of buying – and owning – a Tesla.
Read MoreSpeaking Freely
Aug 23, 2018 | creative, essays, politics and religion
Some thoughts on communities, free speech and bad faith, and the containing of toxic influences.
Read MoreLast Days
Jun 8, 2018 | creative, essays, family and loss
Ten years after a nearly fatal hemorrhagic stroke, six years after she and my father’s combined decline resulted in a radical uprooting of her life, my mother’s often painful journey through old age is ended.
Read Morewhat you made me feel
Oct 16, 2017 | creative, essays, politics and religion
The dark undercurrent of far too many women’s lives.
Read MoreBack in Big Sur
Oct 15, 2017 | blog, politics and religion
On a Wednesday whim, a trip to celebrate Big Sur’s return to the wider world.
Read MoreDoing the Math
Jul 12, 2017 | creative, essays, family and loss
Living and dying – and accounting – in the twilight days.
Read MoreWhat I Hate
Feb 23, 2017 | blog, creative, politics and religion
The Democratic Party as a hate group? Things that make me go hmmmm…..
Read MoreSome Random Thoughts at the Beginning of the New Year
Sitting warm and dry watching a storm on the sea seems an appropriate way to begin this new year.
Read MoreHow Phyllis Schlafly Made Me a Feminist
Sep 7, 2016 | blog, politics and religion
Some musings on the death of Phyllis Schlafly.
Read MoreIn the City
The crowds, the food, the exhibits, the homeless: the faces of San Francisco.
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